1 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOOTBALL – 5-0, ranked No. 3 in the nation.

2 JESUIT GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY – Ranked No. 7 in the Nation. Winners of The Sunfair Invitational in Yakima Washington.

3 OREGON STATE FOOTBALL - 2-2 record with their only losses coming to the No. 3 and No. 6 teams in the Nation.

4 CENTRAL CATHOLIC VOLLEYBALL – 11-3 record, with 3 losses to out-of-state teams. Undefeated against teams in Oregon, including a win over Jesuit that gave the Crusaders their only loss.

5 JESUIT GIRLS SOCCER – 6-0-1 with a 2-2 tie to Westview.

Who else?

“Walking the Amazon: Interview with Ed Stafford” – Outside Magazine

Volleyball: Teams and players to watch – The Oregonian

• Ceciliani recognized by N.Y. Mets
Baseball standout from Madras receives organizational Sterling Award
• Adventure sports scoreboard – The Bulletin
• Mountain View’s win makes believers out of North Medford – The Oregonian

Oregon XC coaches’ polls: West Linn boys, Jesuit girls top 6A; plus TF individual rankings – TrackFocus

Every Monday morning check Central Oregon Athlete to look at a list of the top 10 sports stories of the past week.

1 Mountain View beats North Medford in football to improve to 2-0.
2 Ducks move up to No. 5 in the AP College Football poll.
3 Summit wins Pre-Districts cross country meet for both boys and girls.
4 Bend, Mountain View and Summit begin girls soccer season with a combined 5-0-1 record.
5 Megan Fristoe wins Pre-District cross country meet for Summit.
6 Travis Neuman wins Pre-District cross country meet for Summit.
7 Taylor Steele of Sisters wins 17-team Marist Invitational Cross Country Meet.
8 Cory McCaffrey (star running back from Sisters) had 118 yards and a touchdown for Portland State.
9 Crook County takes 2nd in Mountain View volleyball tournament.
10 Derek Anderson (Scappoose, Oregon State) and Dennis Dixon (Oregon) win as NFL starting quarterbacks in week one.

“Ski School” If you can’t give up the ski life, but want to get a college degree, one of these twelve schools could be right for you. By: Colette Maddock. Oregon State University- Cascades Campus

From the Pac-10 blog.

• Adventure weekend slated for Redmond – The Bulletin
• Adventure Sports Calendar – The Bulletin• NFL Local Ties: Tennessee’s LeGarrette Blount looks like a keeper; Victor Butler dominates for Dallas; Seattle’s T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the trading block? – Oregonlive.com